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Factories in Shanghai Struggling to Resume Production Under Lockdown

Workers are unable to get back to work

Factories in Shanghai Struggling to Resume Production Under Lockdown
The Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory in China on March 29, 2021. Xiaolu Chu/Getty Images
Alex Wu
5/1/2022|Updated: 5/2/2022

Shanghai has now been locked down for a month under the Chinese communist regime’s “zero-COVID” policy.

Daily life, manufacturing production, and supply chains have been severely disrupted.

Alex Wu
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Alex Wu is a U.S.-based writer for The Epoch Times focusing on Chinese society, Chinese culture, human rights, and international relations.
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